“. . . 5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because THE LOVE OF GOD IS SHED ABROAD IN OUR HEARTS by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. 6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. 8 BUT GOD COMMENDETH HIS LOVE TOWARD US, IN THAT, WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS, CHRIST DIED FOR US . . .” Romans 5:1-21. 

The CHURCH that Christ Jesus died to raise as His own and He is coming back to take as His own is the CHURCH that is BOUNDLESS IN HIS LOVE by the HOLY SPIRIT given to us. And you ARE that Church, knowingly or unknowingly, if you are born of God in Christ Jesus. Amen. 

This Church that I know — which Christ DIED to RAISE as His own and He is coming back to TAKE as His own — is the Church WITHOUT WALLS, BOUNDLESS IN HIS LOVE, shared lavishly and poured abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit that is given to us in Him. 

Its embodiment entails ONENESS in all things, in spite of the constituent and diverse members. It is the Church where greed and selfishness have no place. It is the Church where segregation by race, colour, class, status and tongue have no place; and ALL are welcome, beautified and celebrated. 

It is the Church without self-centredness, and it is mirrored in the ONENESS of the WE and not the I and THEM.  

The ONENESS is unique in the BLESSEDNESS and have MADE us as: 

• One Body 

• One Faith 

• One Lord 

• One God 

• One people 

• One Nation 

• One Body 

• One Hope 

• One Love 

• One Calling 

• One Baptism 

• One REDEMPTION For ALL 

• One Spirit 

• One Christ 

• One Father 

• Father God Above All 

• Father God Through All 

• And Father God In All 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“There is ONE body, and ONE Spirit, even as ye are called in ONE hope of your calling; 5 ONE Lord, ONE faith, ONE baptism, 6 ONE God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all” Ephesians 4:4-6. 

“And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast REDEEMED us to God by thy blood out of every KINDRED, and TONGUE, and PEOPLE, and NATION; 10 and hast MADE us unto our God kings and priests: and WE shall reign on the earth” Revelation 5:9-10. 

“For as the body is ONE, and hath many MEMBERS, and all the MEMBERS of that ONE body, being many, are ONE body: so also is Christ. 13 For by ONE Spirit are we all baptized into ONE body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into ONE Spirit. 14 For the body is not one member, but many. 15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? 16 And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? 17 If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? 18 But now hath God set the MEMBERS every ONE of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. 19 And if they were all one member, where were the body? 20 But now are they MANY MEMBERS, yet but ONE body. 21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. 22 Nay, much more those MEMBERS of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary: 23 and those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. 24 For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked: 25 that there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care ONE for another. 26 And whether ONE member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or ONE member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. 27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and MEMBERS in particular” 1 Corinthians 12:12-27. 

“Therefore become IMITATORS of God [copy Him and follow His example], as well-beloved children [imitate their father]; 2 and WALK CONTINUALLY IN LOVE [that is, value one another—practice empathy and compassion, unselfishly seeking the best for others], just as Christ also LOVED you and GAVE Himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God [slain for you, so that it became] a sweet fragrance“ Ephesians 5:1-2 (Amplified). 

SUMMARY: 
This is a message declaration about the nature and identity of the true Church as a love-bound, Spirit-united, wall-less Body. It calls believers to live out the ONENESS that Christ died to create and is coming back to take as His own. 

KEY POINTS: 

1. THE FOUNDATION: GOD’S LOVE SHED ABROAD

From Romans 5:5, 8 — “THE LOVE OF GOD IS SHED ABROAD IN OUR HEARTS by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.” 
This love was demonstrated when Christ died for us while we were yet sinners. 
Therefore, the Church that Jesus is raising and returning for is BOUNDLESS IN HIS LOVE, not in human effort, but by the Holy Spirit. 

2. THE IDENTITY: YOU ARE THAT CHURCH

If you are born of God in Christ Jesus, then you ARE that Church, knowingly or unknowingly. 
This Church is WITHOUT WALLS. It is not defined by buildings, denomination, or borders. 
It is BOUNDLESS IN HIS LOVE, shared lavishly and poured abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit Romans 5:5. 

3. THE CHARACTER: ONENESS WITHOUT DIVISION

The embodiment of this Church is ONENESS in all things, despite diverse members. 
It is a place where: 

• Greed and selfishness have no place 

• Segregation by race, colour, class, status and tongue have no place 

• ALL are welcome, beautified and celebrated 
  It is mirrored in WE and not in I and THEM. It is selfless, not self-centred. 

This ONENESS is expressed as: 
One Body, One Faith, One Lord, One God, One People, One Nation, One Hope, One Love, One Calling, One Baptism, One REDEMPTION For ALL, One Spirit, One Christ, One Father — Father God Above All, Through All, and In All. Ephesians 4:4-6 

4. THE SCRIPTURAL PICTURE: ONE BODY, MANY MEMBERS

1 Corinthians 12:12-27 teaches that though we are MANY MEMBERS, we are ONE body. 
Every member is set by God and is necessary. There should be no schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another. 
When one suffers, all suffer. When one is honoured, all rejoice. Revelation 5:9-10 adds that Christ has REDEEMED us to God by His blood out of every KINDRED, and TONGUE, and PEOPLE, and NATION. 

5. THE CALL: IMITATE GOD AND WALK IN LOVE

Ephesians 5:1-2 — “WALK CONTINUALLY IN LOVE… just as Christ also LOVED us and GAVE Himself up for us.” 
We are to be imitators of God as beloved children.

IN ONE SENTENCE: 
This is a prophetic call to recognise that the true Church is Christ’s love-bound, Spirit-filled Body without walls or division, where ONENESS, diversity and sacrificial love define us — and you, as a born-again believer, are a vital member of that glorious Church. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

“God [in His eternal plan] chose to make known to them how great for the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ IN and AMONG you, the HOPE and GUARANTEE of [realizing the] GLORY” Colossians 1:27/Amplified. 

THE ACHIEVERS FAITH DIGEST [AFD] — JULY THEME TEACHING MAGAZINE PUBLICATION IS HERE AND READY FOR YOUR PERUSAL. 

It is time to explore HOPE in hope for your today and tomorrow — virtue and glory, in grace, in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

Hope is a vital component of faith. In other words, faith is secured and assured when it works in the company of hope. Hope is the element that sets life’s goals, enabling faith to function effectively and efficiently. 

Hope is a desire based on the promise of God, whether personified or generalised. This promise communicates the possibility of God’s blessing to the individual, family or nation, and it encourages the soul. If this seed is planted into the soil of the heart, and the soil is kept right, it will bring forth a harvest of faith. Bible hope is faith in seed form. 

However, every human being has hope planted within them. That is why each day we all rise with the hope that something good will come our way, or happen to us. Hope, though, can be of a natural or a spiritual kind. The difference is that natural hope does not carry the eternal effect of spiritual hope, which is embedded in the reborn spirit of man. For the natural man cannot fathom the realm and sphere of the spiritual man. 

“But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual judgeth [examines] all things, yet he himself is judged [examined] of no man. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.” – 1 Corinthians 2:14-16/Emphasis mine. 

For in-depth knowledge and understanding, THE “ASSURED HOPE IN CHRIST JESUS” Teaching Magazine Publication, is NOW AVAILABLE on the CEFMORSI App. All you have to do to access this magazine is to download the CEFMORSI Mobile Application, which is available for both iOS and Android devices. You can download the app using this link –Download CEFMORSI APP and explore the app for free. 

Be blessed in the grace in Christ Jesus stead. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH READING FOR YOUR PERUSAL & PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“If we who ARE [abiding] in Christ have HOPED only in this life [and this is all there is], then we are of all people most miserable and to be pitied” 1 Corinthians 15:19/Amplified. 

“And now abide faith, HOPE, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love” 1 Corinthians 13:13. 

“Now faith is the assurance (title deed, confirmation) of things hoped for (divinely guaranteed), and the evidence of things not seen [the conviction of their reality—faith comprehends as fact what cannot be experienced by the physical senses]” Hebrews 11:1/Amplified. 

SUMMARY: 
This July edition of THE ACHIEVERS FAITH DIGEST [AFD] is that HOPE in Christ is not wishful thinking, but a guaranteed, Spirit-empowered assurance that anchors faith for today and tomorrow. 

KEY POINTS:

1. CHRIST IS OUR ASSURED HOPE AND GLORY

From Colossians 1:27, the mystery is this: Christ IN and AMONG you — the HOPE and GUARANTEE of GLORY. 
Hope is therefore not abstract. It is personified in Christ Himself. Because He is in the believer, the believer has a guaranteed expectation of God’s virtue and glory. This is “THE ASSURED HOPE IN CHRIST JESUS”. 

2. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HOPE AND FAITH

Hope is a vital component of faith. Faith is secured and assured when it works together with hope. 
Hope sets life’s goals. It enables faith to function effectively and efficiently. 
Bible hope is faith in seed form. Hope is a desire based on the promise of God. When planted in the heart and the heart is kept right, it produces a harvest of faith. 
Hebrews 11:1 defines it: Faith is the assurance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. 

3. NATURAL HOPE VERSUS SPIRITUAL HOPE

Every person has hope — we rise each day expecting something good. But there are two kinds of hope: 

Natural hope — common to all men, but it has no eternal effect. 
Spiritual hope — embedded in the reborn spirit of man through Christ. 
1 Corinthians 2:14-16 explains the difference: the natural man cannot receive or discern the things of the Spirit, for they are spiritually discerned. Only the spiritual man, who has the mind of Christ, can grasp the realm of assured, eternal hope. 
1 Corinthians 15:19 warns: if our hope is only for this life, we are most miserable. 

4. THE CALL TO ACTION: ACCESS THE TEACHING

The full teaching “THE ASSURED HOPE IN CHRIST JESUS” is now available on the CEFMORSI Mobile Application for iOS and Android. 
Readers are encouraged to download the app and explore the magazine for free, to gain deeper knowledge and understanding. 
 

IN ONE SENTENCE: 
This AFD teaching calls believers to recognise that Christ Himself is our Assured Hope, and that when spiritual hope is planted in the heart it gives substance to faith, sets godly goals, and secures us in virtue and glory — far beyond natural expectation. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

“. . . 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath BLESSED us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 4 according as he hath CHOSEN us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 5 having PREDESTINATED us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will . . . 11 in whom also we have OBTAINED an inheritance, being PREDESTINATED according to the PURPOSE of him who WORKETH ALL THINGS after the COUNSEL OF HIS OWN WILL: 12 that we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ . . .” Ephesians 1:1-14. 

You have been PREDESTINATED by God’s own will in Christ Jesus, to succeed in life and grace. For to be BLESSED is to be EMPOWERED purposefully and meaningfully with God’s enabling grace, in order for you to SUCCEED, THRIVE, FLOURISH, ACHIEVE, BECOME, INNOVATE, EXPLORE, CREATE, INITIATE, and such like, in all that concerns LIFE and GODLY LIVING, in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

I recall hearing and reading the phrase below years ago. It helped to inspire my scriptural search and thinking around Ecclesiastes 3:11, enabling and assuring my self-discovery and recovery. It is summed up in this wisdom nugget by DR MYLES MUNROE of Blessed Memory: 

“The Creator HID your future where He knew you could not miss it… INSIDE you. Don’t go to your DESTINY… BECOME it.” — DR MYLES MUNROE (BFMI) of Blessed Memory.  

This wisdom concept could be explicitly shared in the Scriptures of which Ecclesiastes 3:11 gives more lights to many as written: 

“He has made EVERYTHING beautiful and appropriate in its time. He has also planted ETERNITY [a sense of DIVINE PURPOSE] in the HUMAN HEART [a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, EXCEPT God]—yet man cannot find out (comprehend, grasp) what God has done (His overall plan) from the beginning to the end” Ecclesiastes 3:11/Amplified. 

Stop looking for and pursuing your DESTINY – For your DESTINY is in YOU and you are your DESTINY. You BECOME what you make of yourself. Stop holding others RESPONSIBLE and ACCOUNTABLE for your wellbeing. Rise up, look within and become the you in you that God has MADE wonderfully and reverentially to succeed in life and grace in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

“. . . For You did form my inward parts; You did knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14 I will confess and praise You for You are fearful and wonderful and for the awful wonder of my birth! Wonderful are Your works, and that my inner self knows right well. 15 My frame was not hidden from You when I was being formed in secret [and] intricately and curiously wrought [as if embroidered with various colors] in the depths of the earth [a region of darkness and mystery]. 16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance, and in Your BOOK ALL THE DAYS [OF MY LIFE] WERE WRITTEN before ever they took shape, when as yet there was none of them . . .” Psalms 139:1-18/AMP Classic Edition. 

You have to give meaning to the quest and voice of your inner being. The quest and voice within you could be that of the most sought-after Carpenter, Plumber, Teacher, Educator, Carer, Leader, Administrator, Minister, Medical Professional, Politician, Events Organiser, Baker, Farmer, Painter, Engineer, Technologist, Social Worker, Designer, Decorator, Scientist, Salesperson, and such like — that your Community and your World are craving to have in order to meet their human needs. 

Know this: for such there is an unction within you to function. And though your beginning may be little, your latter end could be the answer to the quest and needs of humanity, when you give it a start. 

Explore these Scriptures meditatively and let the Holy Spirit minister to your inner being for your wellbeing and the good of others, in grace, through your quest and exploring — 1 John 2:20, 27; Job 8:7; Zechariah 4:10. 

Your Family, Community, Nation and World are all waiting for your revealing — the manifestation of the you that is within you. Romans 8:19 

You have been PREDESTINATED to BECOME – Stop running about for SPECIAL DESTINY PRAYERS. You are carrying your destiny within you. Don’t blame others for your irresponsible decision not to look within and explore to become. 

YOU DON’T NEED TO FAKE IT TO BECOME IT. JUST BE WHO YOU ARE MADE TO BE IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD.  

“The Creator hid your future where He knew you could not miss it . . . INSIDE you. Don’t go to your destiny . . . BECOME it” – DR Myles MUNROE (BFMI) of Blessed Memory. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“He has MADE EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL IN ITS TIME. Also He has put ETERNITY (PURPOSE/DESTINY) in their HEARTS (HUMAN SPIRIT), except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end” Ecclesiastes 3:11 (Emphasis Mine). 

“But there is a SPIRIT in man: and the INSPIRATION of the Almighty giveth them understanding” Job 32:8. 

“The Spirit of God has MADE me, 

And the BREATH of the Almighty GIVES me life [which inspires me]” Job 33:4 (Amplified). 

The SPIRIT (conscience) of man is the LAMP of the Lord, SEARCHING and EXAMINING all the INNERMOST parts of his being” Proverbs 20:27 (Amplified). 

“BLESSED be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath BLESSED us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 4 according as he hath CHOSEN us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 5 having PREDESTINATED us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath MADE us ACCEPTED in the beloved . . . 11 in whom also we have OBTAINED an inheritance, being PREDESTINATED according to the PURPOSE of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: 12 that we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ” Ephesians 1:3-6, 11-12. 

“And we know that ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER for good to them that love God, to them who are the CALLED according to his purpose. 29 For whom he did FOREKNOW, he also did PREDESTINATE to be CONFORMED to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom he did PREDESTINATE, them he also CALLED: and whom he CALLED, them he also JUSTIFIED: and whom he JUSTIFIED, them he also GLORIFIED” Romans 8:28-30. 

“For all the PROMISES of God IN HIM ARE YEA, and IN HIM AMEN, unto the glory of God by us. 21 Now he which STABLISHETH US with you in Christ, and hath ANOINTED US, is God; 22 who hath also SEALED US, and GIVEN THE EARNEST OF THE SPIRIT IN OUR HEARTS” 2 Corinthians 1:20-22. 

“But as it is written, EYE hath not SEEN, nor EAR HEARD, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath PREPARED for them that LOVE him. 10 But God hath REVEALED them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God” 1 Corinthians 2:9-10.  

SUMMARY: 
This message is about identity, destiny, and purpose rooted in grace. It declares that God has already positioned, empowered, and equipped you in Christ to become all He purposed, and that your destiny is not something you chase externally — it is deposited within you by the Spirit. 

KEY POINTS: 

1. YOUR IDENTITY: PREDESTINATED, CHOSEN, ANDBLESSEDIN CHRIST 

From Ephesians 1:3-12, you were CHOSEN before the foundation of the world and PREDESTINATED unto adoption by Jesus Christ according to the good pleasure of His will. 
To be BLESSED is to be EMPOWERED with God’s enabling grace to SUCCEED, THRIVE, FLOURISH, ACHIEVE, BECOME, INNOVATE, EXPLORE, CREATE, INITIATE and such like, in all that concerns LIFE and GODLY LIVING. 
Romans 8:28-30 confirms the chain: Foreknown → Predestinated → Called → Justified → Glorified. You are sealed, anointed, and established in Christ 2 Corinthians 1:20-22. 

2. YOUR DESTINY IS WITHIN YOU: STOP CHASING, START BECOMING

Quoting DR MYLES MUNROE: “The Creator HID your future where He knew you could not miss it… INSIDE you. Don’t go to your DESTINY… BECOME it.” 
Ecclesiastes 3:11 explains this: God has put ETERNITY — a sense of DIVINE PURPOSE in the human heart. 
The call is to stop pursuing destiny as if it is outside you. Your destiny is in you. You BECOME what you make of yourself. Stop blaming others. Rise up and become the you that God MADE wonderfully and reverentially Psalm 139:13-16. 

3. THE INNER UNCTION: PURPOSE FOR SERVICE AND HUMANITY

The quest and voice within you may be for Carpenter, Teacher, Leader, Medical Professional, Engineer, Social Worker, and such like — vocations your Community and World are craving to meet human needs. 
1 John 2:20,27; Job 8:7; Zechariah 4:10 are given for meditation. 
Know this: there is an unction within you to function. Though your beginning may be small, your latter end can answer the needs of humanity when you give it a start. Job 8:7 
Your Family, Community, Nation and World are waiting for the manifestation of the you that is within you Romans 8:19.  

4. THE SPIRIT AND THE WORD: SOURCE OF REVELATION AND UNDERSTANDING

God reveals destiny by His Spirit: “But God hath REVEALED them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God” 1 Corinthians 2:9-10. 
Job 32:8, Job 33:4, Proverbs 20:27 affirm that the Spirit of God, the breath of the Almighty, and the lamp of conscience give understanding and search the innermost parts. 
You do not need to “fake it to become it”. JUST BE WHO YOU ARE MADE TO BE IN CHRIST JESUS’ STEAD. 

5. THE CHARGE

Stop running about for SPECIAL DESTINY PRAYERS. Stop holding others RESPONSIBLE for your well-being. 
Take responsibility, look within, and walk in what God has already PREPARED Ephesians 1:11, 1 Corinthians 2:9.

IN ONE SENTENCE: 

This is a prophetic exhortation that because you are predestinated, blessed, and empowered in Christ, your destiny and purpose are already planted within you by God. Therefore, cease external striving, yield to the Spirit, give expression to the unction within, and become what God has made you to be — for the glory of God and the blessing of the world. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

“For we [who ARE born-again have been reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, set apart for His purpose and] ARE the true circumcision, who WORSHIP in the Spirit of God and glory and take pride and exult in Christ Jesus and place no confidence [in what we have or who we are] in the flesh” Philippians 3:3/Amplified. 
 
You ARE God’s Church, being built up in grace through faith; and by love and hope in Christ Jesus’ stead you can stand assured in glory and virtue. 

And I want you to know that church services in any place called for the gathering of God’s people are necessary; but the Church, as you are, is the gathering to WORSHIP God WORTHILY and to SERVE Him ACCEPTABLY in spirit and in truth, in Christ Jesus, in grace. Anything contrary to this is religion, religiosity, sectarianism, denominational indoctrination, and such like.  

“But the hour cometh, and NOW is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 24 God is a Spirit: and they that WORSHIP Him must WORSHIP Him IN spirit and IN truth” John 4:23-24. 

There is the need to be ALWAYS in the gathering of God’s gracious, precious and blessed people for the inspiring, revealing and empowering of God’s grace and BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus’ stead. 

“And let us consider [thoughtfully] how we may encourage one another to love and to do good deeds, 25 not FORSAKING OUR MEETING TOGETHER [as believers for worship and instruction], as is the HABIT OF SOME, but encouraging one another; and all the more [faithfully] as you see the day [of Christ’s return] approaching” Hebrews 10:24-25/Amplified. 

Do not be a LONE Church, otherwise you are making yourself vulnerable and exposed to dangers known and unknown. For there is an enemy and his cohorts of the faith who will spare nothing to make prey and victims of a lone Church.  

“. . . This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and The Church . . .” Ephesians 5:32 [21-33]. 

Be intentional and pragmatic to find yourself a place called THERE — [the gathering of God’s precious and redeemed people] — to worship and serve the Father God together by the Holy Spirit, through the Word, in Christ Jesus’ stead. Meaning: a people of like precious faith, believing in the grace in Christ Jesus’ stead, under a Shepherd. 

“Obey your [spiritual] leaders and submit to them [recognizing their authority over you], for they are keeping watch over your souls and continually guarding your spiritual welfare as those who will give an account [of their stewardship of you]. Let them do this with joy and not with grief and groans, for this would be of no benefit to you” Hebrews 13:17/Amplified. 

Note: I wrote “under a Shepherd”. Do not be a sheep without a known shepherd who can give account for your soul, in good times and challenging times. For the Church is defined as an individual, local and universal body of born-again, Spirit-filled — [Spirit-ruled and Spirit-led] — believers in God, in Christ Jesus, under a Shepherd, in grace.  

“So then you are no longer strangers and aliens [outsiders without rights of citizenship], but you are fellow citizens with the saints (God’s people), and are [members] of God’s household, 20 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the [chief] Cornerstone” Ephesians 2:19-21. 

It is my earnest PRAYER that you find a place called THERE — the gathering of God’s people — into which you can humbly walk to worship and serve the Father God in Christ Jesus, by the Holy Spirit, through the Word, without sentiment, prejudice or dissimulation. I therefore commend you to God, and to the Word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified. Amen. Acts 20:32 

.May God’s grace and BLESSEDNESS rest upon you as you have found yourself a place as God’s Church, in grace, in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“God is faithful, by whom ye were CALLED unto the FELLOWSHIP of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord” 1 Corinthians 1:9. 

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the CALLED according to his PURPOSE” Romans 8:28. 

“Let us seize and hold tightly the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is reliable and trustworthy and faithful [to His word]; 24 and let us consider [thoughtfully] how we may encourage one another to love and to do good deeds, 25 not FORSAKING OUR MEETING TOGETHER [as believers for worship and instruction], as is the HABIT OF SOME, but encouraging one another; and all the more [faithfully] as you see the day [of Christ’s return] approaching” Hebrews 10:23-25. 

“But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, 23 to the general assembly and CHURCH of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, 24 to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel” Hebrews 12:22-24. 

Further Scriptural Reading: Psalms 16:11; Matthew 16:18-19. 

SUMMARY: 
This message of declaration is about identity, gathering, and worshiping in the Spirit . It calls believers back to the biblical understanding of the Church as people, not just a place or programme, and to the necessity of corporate fellowship for empowerment, protection, and growth. 

KEY POINTS: 

1. OUR IDENTITY IN CHRIST: THE TRUE CHURCH

You ARE God’s Church. You are born-again, spiritually transformed, set apart for His purpose. Philippians 3:3 
The Church is defined as the individual, local and universal body of born-again, Spirit-filled, Spirit-ruled and Spirit-led believers in God, in Christ Jesus, under a Shepherd, in grace. Ephesians 2:19-21 
This is a mystery concerning Christ and the Church Ephesians 5:32. Your blessedness and inheritance are SEATED in the HEAVENLY PLACES in Christ Jesus’ stead. 

2. THE PURPOSE OF GATHERING: WORSHIP AND SERVICE IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH

While church services for the gathering of God’s people are necessary, the Church itself is the gathering to WORSHIP God WORTHILY and to SERVE Him ACCEPTABLY John 4:23-24. 
This worship must be in spirit and in truth, not in religion, religiosity, sectarianism, denominational indoctrination, or dissimulation. Anything contrary to this is mere religion. 
The call is to be intentional and pragmatic to find “THERE” — the gathering of God’s precious and redeemed people of like precious faith, under a Shepherd. 

3. THE NECESSITY AND POWER OF FELLOWSHIP

There is a need to be ALWAYS in the gathering of God’s gracious, precious and blessed people. Hebrews 10:24-25 
Why? For the inspiring, revealing and empowering of God’s grace and BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus’ stead. 
We are called unto the FELLOWSHIP of His Son Jesus Christ 1 Corinthians 1:9. We are not to forsake meeting together, but to encourage one another in love and good deeds, all the more as the day approaches. 
To be a LONE Church is to be vulnerable and exposed to dangers known and unknown, because the enemy seeks to make prey and victims of isolated believers. 

4. SHEPHERDING AND ACCOUNTABILITY

Do not be a sheep without a known shepherd who can give account for your soul in good times and challenging times Hebrews 13:17. 
Spiritual leaders keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Therefore, submit to them and obey, that they may do it with joy. 
We have come to Mount Zion, the heavenly Jerusalem, the general assembly and CHURCH of the firstborn registered in heaven Hebrews 12:22-24. 

5. THE BENEDICTION: COMMENDED TO GRACE

It is the earnest prayer that you find a place to humbly walk into to worship and serve the Father God by the Holy Spirit, through the Word. 
You are commended to God, and to the Word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance among the sanctified Acts 20:32. 
May God’s grace and BLESSEDNESS rest upon you as you have found yourself a place as God’s Church, in grace, in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

In one sentence: 
This is a prophetic call to know your identity as God’s Church, to prioritise Spirit-and-truth fellowship under a Shepherd, to reject empty religion, and to be built up in grace so you walk in the BLESSEDNESS and purpose to which God has called you. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

“. . . 2 For the LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE [which is] in Christ Jesus [THE LAW OF OUR NEW BEING] has SET YOU FREE from the LAW OF SIN AND OF DEATH . . .” Romans 8:1-17/Amplified. 

You are specially welcomed to Month Eight [8], the month of August 2026, in the fulness and living name of the one true and holy and Triune God: The Father, The Word – the person of our Saviour and Lord Jesus Christ, and The Holy Spirit [1 John 5:7/2 Corinthians 13:14]. And the month of August is themed and otherwise entitled: FREEDOM BY THE HIGHER LAW! Signifying: “Ensuring Our REDEMPTION and FREEDOM By The Spirit Of Life In Christ Jesus’ Stead” 

The Month of AUGUST, being the eighth month of the year and thus representing a new beginning, is the eighth month of both the JULIAN and GREGORIAN calendars, and one of the seven months that has 31 days. The name AUGUST thus creates an inspiring, revealing and empowering context of grace, as to being SANCTIFIED. And to be SANCTIFIED is to set apart for uniqueness and class – as a person for: REVERENCE, ADMIRATION, SUPREMACY, DIGNITY, GRANDEUR, MAJESTY, VENERATION, EMINENCE, GRANDEUR AND LORDLINESS.  

And by reason of the Month 0f August theme: FREEDOM BY THE LAW HIGHER LAW, it will take THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS to ensure, assure and actualise any act to AUGUST one’s life in the stead of grace – as to being DIGNIFIED, as to being REVERED, as to being ADMIRED, as to being MAJESTIC, as to being EMINENT, as to being VENERABLE, as to being GRAND, as to being LORDLY and such like that embody the act to august in life and grace. 

The context of the higher law can be likened to gravitational pull being overcome by the law of upthrust that enables an aircraft to fly against gravity and be sustained in the air for as long as the overcoming thrust is applied. That same principle allows a ship, cruise liner and such like to express buoyancy on water without sinking in respect to the gravitational pull. And in the same manner, there is a higher law – the law of the Spirit of life – that is a default in grace to enable the believer in God and in Christ Jesus to live above the law of SIN and DEATH whose effects are: CONDEMNATION, POVERTY, SICKNESS and SPIRITUAL DEATH, which result in both physical and eternal death. That is what the book of Romans, in setting the stage for this month writ enjoins us with in this knowledge: 

“Therefore there is NOW NO CONDEMNATION [NO GUILTY VERDICT, NO PUNISHMENT] for those who ARE in Christ Jesus [who believe in Him as personal Lord and Savior]. 2 For the LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE [which is] in Christ Jesus [THE LAW OF OUR NEW BEING] has SET YOU FREE from the LAW OF SIN AND OF DEATH. 3 For what the Law could not do [that is, OVERCOME SIN and REMOVE ITS PENALTY, ITS POWER] being weakened by the flesh [man’s nature without the Holy Spirit], God did: He sent His own Son in the likeness of sinful man as an offering for sin. And He condemned sin in the flesh [subdued it and overcame it in the person of His own Son], 4 so that the [righteous and just] requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us who do not live our lives in the ways of the flesh [guided by worldliness and our sinful nature], but [live our lives] in the ways of the Spirit [guided by His power] . . . 11 And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you . . .” Romans 8:1-17/Amplified. 

The law of Sin and death is the law of the flesh, built upon the mosaic Law that resulted from the consequences of the fall in Eden. And in each case there are curses and blessings. But the blessings are conditional. But by reason of the higher law – which is the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus – complete, total, and whole FREEDOM is now made available to all who come to God in Christ Jesus’ stead. That is why the book of Galatians, chapter five, in this writ has enjoined us to do this: 

“It was for this FREEDOM that Christ SET US FREE [completely liberating us]; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery [which you once removed] . . . 4 You have been severed from Christ, if you seek to be justified [that is, declared free of the guilt of sin and its penalty, and placed in right standing with God] through the Law; you have fallen from grace [for you have lost your grasp on God’s unmerited favor and blessing]. 5 For we [not relying on the Law but] through the [strength and power of the Holy] Spirit, by faith, are waiting [confidently] for the hope of righteousness [the completion of our salvation]. 6 For [if we are] in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but only faith activated and expressed and working through love . . . 13 For you, my brothers, were called to FREEDOM; only do not let your FREEDOM become an opportunity for the sinful nature (worldliness, selfishness), but through love serve and seek the best for one another . . . 16 But I say, walk HABITUALLY in the [Holy] Spirit [seek Him and be responsive to His guidance], and then you will certainly not carry out the desire of the sinful nature [which responds impulsively without regard for God and His precepts] . . . 18 But if you are guided and led by the Spirit, you are not subject to the Law” Galatians 5:1-18/Amplified. 

Through the cause of this month August, I will be laying reasons, why you must intentionally resolve and be pragmatic, to live above the knowledge of the law of Sin and Death, the Higher Law, which is of the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus stead. For it’s your redemption freedom month, to actualised FREEDOM and ensure it in every phase of doing life and living godly in the grace. 

And in the course of the Month, the ACHIEVERS FAITH DIGEST [AFD], the Monthly TEACHING Magazine, for month August 2026, will be available with all the minor and fuller detailed writ for you to explore and enact as you do life and live godly in the grace in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

You are therefore welcomed to the Month August 2026 – your month in the grace to AUGUST [Dignify, Honour, Noble, Revered and more], your life in REDEMPTION FREEDOM, by THE HIGHER LAW – The LAW of The Spirit of LIFE [LIFE-GIVING] in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. It is your time to ensure FREEDOM by THE WORD and PRAYER in connectivity with the great God who lives in us. 

Join me in all LIVE EVENTS through this month via the CEFMORSI APP, YouTube Live and ZOOM VIRTUAL MEETINGS. God CARES and LOVES you in Christ Jesus, and so do I, in His stead, in the grace. 

 WELCOME AGAIN TO THE MONTH AUGUST: Month of FREEDOM BY THE HIGHER LAW! 

Blessed regards in Christ Jesus. Amen. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH READING & PONDERING ON CONTEXT: 

“Jesus said to him, “I am the way, THE TRUTH, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me” John 14:6 

“As He spoke these words, many believed in Him. 31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you ABIDE [CONTINUE] in My word, you are My disciples indeed. 32 And you shall KNOW THE TRUTH, and THE TRUTH shall make you FREE” John 8:30-32. 

“In the beginning was THE WORD, and THE WORD was with God, and THE WORD was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it . . .14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and TRUTH . . . 17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and TRUTH came through Jesus Christ” John 1:1-5, 14, 17. 

“There is therefore NOW NO CONDEMNATION to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. 2 For THE LAW of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me FREE from THE LAW of sin and death. 3 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh . . . 11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also GIVE LIFE to your MORTAL BODIES through His Spirit who dwells in you . . .14 For as many as are LED by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God . . . 17 and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together” Romans 8:1-17. 

“For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them.” 11 But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for “the just shall live by faith.” 12 Yet the law is not of faith, but “the man who does them shall live by them.” 13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”),14 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith . . . 19 What purpose then does the law serve? It was added because of transgressions, till the Seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was appointed through angels by the hand of a mediator. 20 Now a mediator does not mediate for one only, but God is one. 21 Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could have given life, truly righteousness would have been by THE LAW. 22 But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. 23 But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed. 24 Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25 But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor” Galatians 3:10-25. 

“12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned— 13 (For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. 15 But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many. 16 And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned. For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which came from many offenses resulted in justification. 17 For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.) . . . 20 Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, 21 so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” Romans 5:12-21 

“It was for this FREEDOM that Christ SET US FREE [completely liberating us]; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery [which you once removed] . . . 4 You have been severed from Christ, if you seek to be justified [that is, declared free of the guilt of sin and its penalty, and placed in right standing with God] through the Law; you have fallen from grace [for you have lost your grasp on God’s unmerited favor and blessing]. 5 For we [not relying on the Law but] through the [strength and power of the Holy] Spirit, by faith, are waiting [confidently] for the hope of righteousness [the completion of our salvation]. 6 For [if we are] in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but only faith activated and expressed and working through love . . . 13 For you, my brothers, were called to FREEDOM; only do not let your FREEDOM become an opportunity for the sinful nature (worldliness, selfishness), but through love serve and seek the best for one another . . . 16 But I say, walk HABITUALLY in the [Holy] Spirit [seek Him and be responsive to His guidance], and then you will certainly not carry out the desire of the sinful nature [which responds impulsively without regard for God and His precepts] . . . 18 But if you are guided and led by the Spirit, you are not subject to the Law” Galatians 5:1-18/Amplified. 

“. . . For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. 5 For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, “The man who does those things shall live by them.” 6 But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ down from above) 7 or, “ ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach): 9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.” 12 For there is no DISTINCTION between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. 13 For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be SAVED” Romans 10:1-13. 

SUMMARY: 

This is a prophetic, doctrinal and pastoral charge for August 2026. It establishes that true Kingdom living and prosperity is only possible by operating under THE HIGHER LAW — THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS, which sets the believer free from THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH.

KEY POINTS OF THE MESSAGE

1. THE MONTH AND ITS MEANING

• August is Month 8: Represents new beginning and sanctification. 

• The name AUGUST: Carries a grace-context of being set apart for REVERENCE, DIGNITY, MAJESTY, EMINENCE, VENERATION, GRANDEUR and LORDLINESS. 

• Theme: FREEDOM BY THE HIGHER LAW — “Ensuring Our REDEMPTION and FREEDOM By The Spirit Of Life In Christ Jesus’ Stead” 

2. THE TWO LAWS CONTRASTED

• THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH: 

• The law of the flesh, built on the Mosaic Law, resulting from the fall in Eden. 

• Operates with curses and conditional blessings. 

• Produces: CONDEMNATION, POVERTY, SICKNESS, SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL DEATH Romans 8:2. 

• THE HIGHER LAW — LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE: 

• The default in grace for the believer in Christ Jesus. 

• Illustrated like upthrust overcoming gravity, or buoyancy overcoming sinking. 

• Result: Complete, total and whole FREEDOM Romans 8:2, Galatians 5:1. 

• Romans 8:1-4, 11: No condemnation. The Spirit gives life to mortal bodies. God condemned sin in the flesh through Christ. 

3. BIBLICAL FOUNDATION FOR FREEDOM

• Romans 8: We are not to walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. As many as are led by the Spirit are sons of God and heirs with Christ. 

• Galatians 5:1-18: We were called to FREEDOM. We must “stand firm” and not return to slavery. We are to “walk habitually in the Spirit” and not fulfil the lust of the flesh. Faith works through love. 

• Galatians 3:10-25: Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law. The Law was our tutor to bring us to Christ. Now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. 

• John 8:31-32; John 14:6; John 1:1-17: Truth makes free. Jesus is THE WAY, THE TRUTH, THE LIFE. Grace and Truth came through Jesus Christ. 

4. PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION

• Freedom is not automatic. It must be ensured, assured and actualised. 

• The Law could not overcome sin because it was weakened by the flesh. God did it through Christ Romans 8:3. 

• Righteousness is now by faith, not by works of the Law Romans 10:4-10. 

• Freedom is not license. “Do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another” Galatians 5:13. 

5. AUGUST AS A REDEMPTION FREEDOM MONTH

• It is a time to AUGUST your life — to dignify, honour, and cause your life to be revered. 

• This happens by living above the knowledge and effects of the law of sin and death.
  
  CALL TO ACTION

1. RESOLVE INTENTIONALLY 
   Be pragmatic this month. Decide to live above the law of sin and death by submitting to the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus’ stead. 
2. ENSURE FREEDOM BY 2 INSTRUMENTS 
   THE WORD + PRAYER 
   Abide in the Word. “If you continue in My word… the truth shall make you free” John 8:31-32. 
   Stay in connectivity with the great God who lives in us. 
3. WALK HABITUALLY IN THE SPIRIT 
   Galatians 5:16,18. Be responsive to His guidance daily so you do not fulfil the desires of the flesh. You are not subject to the Law when led by the Spirit. 
4. EXPLORE THE MONTHLY RESOURCE 
   The ACHIEVERS FAITH DIGEST [AFD] — August 2026 Teaching Magazine will carry the minor and fuller detailed writ. Explore it and enact it as you do life and live godly. 
5. JOIN CORPORATE GATHERINGS 
   Participate in all LIVE EVENTS through the month via: 
   CEFMORSI APP | YouTube Live | ZOOM VIRTUAL MEETINGS 
6. STAND FIRM IN YOUR IDENTITY 
   You are redeemed, justified, and free. You are an heir of God and joint-heir with Christ Romans 8:17. Do not return to bondage. 

FINAL BENEDICTION

WELCOME AGAIN TO THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2026: MONTH OF FREEDOM BY THE HIGHER LAW! 
God CARES and LOVES you in Christ Jesus, and so do I, in His stead, in the grace. Amen. 

Blessed regards in Christ Jesus. 

“Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do ERR (ERRONEOUSLY, MISTAKENLY), not KNOWING the scriptures, nor the POWER of God” Matthew 22:29/Emphasis Mine. 

“And say to Archippus, TAKE HEED to the MINISTRY which thou hast RECEIVED in the Lord, that thou FULFIL it” Colossians 4:17. 

There is an awaiting daily TRIUMPH, VICTORY, OVERCOMING and being A MORE THAN CONQUEROR for you in God in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

However, in life we are faced daily by THE POWER OF CHOICE . . . and that is to BECOME by THE WORD of God, or by our fleshly self-made belief, or by man-made religious secularism or sectarianism and such like. 

For God’s WORD is IRREVOCABLE in all His promises . . . 
Hence, to BECOME in that desired yearning of your heart by the enabling power of self-choice in IGNORANCE of THE WORD of God is DEADLY, FRUSTRATING, UNPRODUCTIVE, DIFFICULT and DESTRUCTIVE. 

Therefore, SELAH — PAUSE and THINK. 
IGNORANCE is not just bad enough, but a DIS-EASE [UNEASE] place and position that is worse than any cancerous disease — which God abhors and once winked at. [Acts 17:30-31] 
For it breeds stupidity, foolishness and arrogance. 
For by IGNORANCE, many talents, vision, dreams, aspirations and such like, that are needed to enhance life and godly living, have ended up in the graveyards UNFULFILLED. 
And those who by chance have amassed anything by ignorance, have ended up in a deadly place of unproductivity, as it is thus written: 

“The man that WANDERETH out of THE WAY OF UNDERSTANDING shall remain in the CONGREGATION of the DEAD (IGNORANCE, FOOLISHNESS, STUPIDITY, UNPRODUCTIVE)” Proverbs 21:16 Emphasis Mine. 

In life as a child of God, you can only RECOVER and enter your place of greatness and fulfilment when you DISCOVER the PRINCIPLE of the WORKING of THE WORD of God. This is profound when one take the light from Habakkuk 2:2 which states: 

“And the Lord answered me, and said, WRITE the VISION, and MAKE it PLAIN upon TABLES, that he may RUN that READETH it”. 

The Scriptures did not say “He that RUNS or RUNNETH may READ” but rather that “he MAY RUN that READS or READETH”. 
Meaning NO READING, NO RUNNING, no matter the prevailing circumstances about you. 

The principle there is this: that you have to READ in order to acquire the required KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING of the VISIONED CONCEPT for an ONWARD and UPWARD trajectory direction. That is to say, to obtain the clarity to enable you WALK in WISDOM before running with that life vision of Business, Career, Ministry, Leadership, Governance, Marriage [Marital-Relationships], Friendship-Relationship and such like. 

If otherwise you RUN before you READ to know and understand the road map of your ONWARD and UPWARD trajectory, then FAILURE awaits, just as many have fallen and become victims of their own creations. 

It is because of their RUNNING by mere zeal or passion without READING to KNOW and UNDERSTAND the fulness at hand of their VISIONED CONCEPT. 

Simply know for the truth that a good understanding breeds favour, productivity, efficiency, effortlessness and calmness, as it is written:  

“GOOD UNDERSTANDING GIVETH FAVOUR: but the way of TRANSGRESSORS (IGNORANCE) is HARD (DIFFICULT, UNPRODUCTIVE, STRESSFUL)” Proverbs 13:15 (Emphasis Mine). 

Today, make amends, RE-EVALUATE your vision by READING again before RUNNING. 

THE POWER OF CHOICE – To BECOME By The WORD Is BLESSEDNESS . . . And To BECOME By IGNORANCE Is DEADLY. 

Have a graceful and blessed day. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“. . . And the Lord answered me, and said, WRITE the VISION, and make it PLAIN upon TABLES, that he may RUN that READETH it . . .” Habakkuk 2:1-4. 

“And say to Archippus, TAKE HEED to the MINISTRY which thou hast RECEIVED in the Lord, that thou FULFIL it” Colossians 4:17. 

“And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: 31 because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead” Acts 17:30-31. 

 
SUMMARY: 
You were BORN OF GOD TO SUCCEED AND BE MEANINGFULLY FULFILLED. But it will not happen by zeal, passion, or man-made systems. It happens BY THE PRINCIPLE OF THE WORD. 

1. THE FOUNDATION: KNOW THE WORD AND THE POWER OF GOD

Matthew 22:29 — “Ye do ERR, not KNOWING the scriptures, nor the POWER of God” 
Error, mistakes, and powerlessness come from ignorance of the Word. 
God has an awaiting daily TRIUMPH, VICTORY, OVERCOMING and being A MORE THAN CONQUEROR for you in Christ Jesus’ stead. But you access it through the Word. 

2. THE DAILY REALITY: THE POWER OF CHOICE

Every day you face a choice of how you will BECOME: 

BY THE WORD of God — God’s promises are IRREVOCABLE 

By fleshly self-made belief 

By man-made religious secularism, sectarianism, and such like 

To choose to become by IGNORANCE of THE WORD is DEADLY, FRUSTRATING, UNPRODUCTIVE, DIFFICULT and DESTRUCTIVE. 

3. THE DANGER OF IGNORANCE

IGNORANCE is called a DIS-EASE [UNEASE]. It is worse than any cancerous disease and is what God abhors — Acts 17:30-31. 
What ignorance produces: 

• Stupidity, foolishness and arrogance 

• Unfulfilled talents, vision, dreams and aspirations that end up in the graveyard 

• Unproductivity even if anything is amassed by chance 

• Proverbs 21:16* — “The man that WANDERETH out of THE WAY OF UNDERSTANDING shall remain in the CONGREGATION of the DEAD” 

4. THE DIVINE PRINCIPLE: READ BEFOREYOURUN 

From Habakkuk 2:2 — “WRITE the VISION, and MAKE it PLAIN upon TABLES, that he may RUN that READETH it” 
The order is not “He that runs may read”. It is “he MAY RUN that READS”. 
Meaning: NO READING, NO RUNNING. 

Why? 
Reading gives you KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING of the VISIONED CONCEPT. That gives you clarity to WALK IN WISDOM before you run in: 
Business, Career, Ministry, Leadership, Governance, Marriage, Friendship and every area of life. 

If you RUN before you READ, FAILURE awaits. Many have become victims of their own creations because they ran with zeal and passion but without knowing and understanding the fulness of their vision. 

Proverbs 13:15 — “GOOD UNDERSTANDING GIVETH FAVOUR: but the way of TRANSGRESSORS [IGNORANCE] is HARD” 
Good understanding produces favour, productivity, efficiency, effortlessness and calmness.  

5. THE CALL TO ACTION: RE-EVALUATE AND CHOOSE WISELY

Colossians 4:17 — “TAKE HEED to the MINISTRY which thou hast RECEIVED in the Lord, that thou FULFIL it” 
Today the charge is: make amends. RE-EVALUATE your vision by READING again before RUNNING. 

THE POWER OF CHOICE: 
To BECOME BY THE WORD is BLESSEDNESS 
To BECOME BY IGNORANCE is DEADLY 

IN ONE SENTENCE: 
God has ordained you for daily triumph and fulfilment, but you must choose the Word over ignorance, because success in every area of life only comes by reading, knowing, and understanding the principles of the Word before you run — otherwise zeal without knowledge leads to failure and unproductivity. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

“Till I come, GIVE ATTENDANCE TO READING, to exhortation, to doctrine” 1 Timothy 4:13. 

“. . . 2 And the Lord answered me, and said, WRITE the VISION, and make it PLAIN upon TABLES, that he may RUN that READETH it . . .” Habakkuk 2:1-4. 

“Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do ERR (MISTAKEN), not KNOWING the scriptures, nor the POWER of God” Matthew 22:29/Emphasis mine. 

You are mistaken, walking in error and powerless because you simply RUN before you READ; hence READ first if you must RUN to achieve, succeed, triumph, and such like more, in that purposeful, visioned concept for your meaningful result of God in Christ Jesus’ stead. 

For READING keeps you INFORMED. 
And INFORMED people make INFORMED DECISIONS, and not mere guesses or guessing decisions. 
And INFORMED DECISIONS make INFORMED LIVING in LIFE and GODLINESS in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

READ BEFORE YOU RUN — DON’T PUT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE. 
YOU WILL EXERT UNNECESSARY EFFORTS TO NOWHERE — FOR WISDOM IS ONLY PROFITABLE TO DIRECT THROUGH KNOWLEDGE 

“If the IRON be BLUNT, and he DO NOT WHET the edge, then must he PUT TO MORE STRENGTH: but WISDOM is PROFITABLE to direct” Ecclesiastes 10:10. 

“If the AXE is DULL and he DOES NOT SHARPEN its edge, then he must EXERT more strength; but WISDOM [to sharpen the axe] helps him SUCCEED [with less effort]” Ecclesiastes 10:10/AMP. 

Don’t blame others for your poor prescription or order in the principle of doing life in Christ Jesus’ stead if you don’t READ before you RUN. 

For WISDOM is the application of KNOWLEDGE, and KNOWLEDGE is the result of the pure SCRIPTURAL TRUTH that one has been informed and contains. 

YOU ARE EITHER RESPONDING OR REACTING — 
KNOWLEDGE will make one RESPOND to life matters by the WORD, 
while IGNORANCE makes one REACT to life matters because there is NO WORD. 
And NO WORD means NO FAITH. 
For FAITH comes by the WORD — [Romans 10:17]. 
And by FAITH we do life with God to overcome in humanity. [1 John 5:4-5; Habakkuk 2:4; Galatians 3:11; Hebrews 10:38; Romans 1:17] 
And not doing life by FAITH is SIN — [Romans 14:23]. 
And without doing life by FAITH it is IMPOSSIBLE to PLEASE God — [Hebrews 11:1-3, 6]. 

Thus, it indicates why it is important and imperative to ensure and be assured of the knowledge and understanding of the WORD of God in every context and application, to necessitate and ascertain the WISDOM for any to succeed with God in Christ Jesus’ stead. 

BELOVED, AVOID BEING MISTAKEN — READ TO KNOW THE SCRIPTURES in order to avoid being mistaken and being found in erroneous captivity — and sometimes irreversible bondages.  

Therefore, SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK! 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“. . . 2 And the Lord answered me, and said, WRITE the VISION, and make it PLAIN upon TABLES, that he may RUN that READETH it . . .” Habakkuk 2:1-4. 

“MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE: because thou hast REJECTED KNOWLEDGE, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children” Hosea 4:6. 

“. . . . 13 Therefore MY PEOPLE ARE GONE INTO CAPTIVITY, BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. 14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled” Isaiah 5:11-15. 

“I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers, 5 hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints; 6 that the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the ACKNOWLEDGING OF EVERY GOOD THING WHICH IS IN YOU IN CHRIST JESUS” Philemon 1:6. 

“And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall FEED you with KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING” Jeremiah 3:15. 

SUMMARY: 
The message teaches us that ignorance leads to error, powerlessness, and captivity, while knowledge of Scripture leads to wisdom, faith, and success in God. 

1. BIBLICAL FOUNDATION

Three key scriptures anchor the message: 

• 1 Timothy 4:13 — Give attendance to READING 

• Habakkuk 2:2 — Write the vision plain so that he may RUN that READETH it 

• Matthew 22:29 — Ye do ERR, not KNOWING the scriptures nor the power of God 
  The order is clear: READ first, THEN RUN. Don’t put the cart before the horse.’ 

2. THE PRINCIPLE: KNOWLEDGE → WISDOM → RIGHT LIVING

• READING keeps you INFORMED 

• INFORMED people make INFORMED DECISIONS 

• INFORMED DECISIONS produce INFORMED LIVING in life and godliness 

• Wisdom* is the application of knowledge, and knowledge comes from pure SCRIPTURAL TRUTH. 
  Like a blunt axe — without sharpening, you must exert more strength and still achieve less. Ecclesiastes 10:10[knowledge] 

3. THE TWO WAYS TO RESPOND TO LIFE: RESPOND vs REACT

• KNOWLEDGE makes you RESPOND to life by the WORD 

• IGNORANCE makes you REACT to life because there is NO WORD 
  And NO WORD = NO FAITH. 

• Faith comes by the Word — Romans 10:17. By faith we overcome — *1 John 5:4-5. 
  Not living by faith is SIN — Romans 14:23, and it is IMPOSSIBLE to please God without faith — Hebrews 11:6. 
  So running without reading is running without faith.  

4. THE DANGER OF NOT READING: ERROR AND CAPTIVITY

When you don’t know the Scriptures, you: 

Walk in error and powerlessness 

Make poor prescriptions/orders for your life and blame others 

Become vulnerable to erroneous captivity and sometimes irreversible bondages 
Scriptures cited: 

• Hosea 4:6 — My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge 

• Isaiah 5:13-15 — My people are gone into captivity because they have no knowledge  

5. THE SOLUTION AND CHARGE

It is important and imperative to have knowledge and understanding of the WORD of God in every context. This is how we ascertain WISDOM to succeed with God in Christ Jesus’ stead. 
God gives pastors to FEED us with KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING — Jeremiah 3:15. 
Our faith becomes effectual by ACKNOWLEDGING every good thing in us in Christ Jesus — Philemon 1:6. 

FINAL WORD: SELAH — PAUSE AND THINK! 
BELOVED, AVOID BEING MISTAKEN. READ TO KNOW THE SCRIPTURES. 

IN ONE SENTENCE: 
Don’t run in life, ministry, or warfare without first reading and knowing the Word, because wisdom to succeed, faith to overcome, and protection from error and captivity all come from being informed by Scripture. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

“Thou therefore, my son, be STRONG in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same COMMIT thou to FAITHFUL men, who shall be able to TEACH others also. 3 Thou therefore endure hardness, AS A GOOD SOLDIER of Jesus Christ. 4 No man that WARRETH entangleth himself with the AFFAIRS of this life; that he may PLEASE him who hath CHOSEN him to be a SOLDIER. 5 And if a man also STRIVE FOR MASTERIES, yet is he NOT CROWNED, except he STRIVE LAWFULLY” 2 Timothy 2:1-5 

The Church of God, as an UNPARALLELED ARMY, is like a militant soldier who is daily at WAR in every aspect of doing life and living godly in Christ Jesus’ stead. 
The Church of Christ is engaged constantly and continuously in spiritual WARFARE. 

And everyone born of God’s nature in Christ Jesus needs to know it and be ready to engage whenever and wherever in this spiritual battle that has physical effect in our world, with resultant challenges to individuals’ lives, families, communities, nations, and more. 

AND YOU ARE THE CHURCH THAT’S GLORIOUS, MILITANT-LIKE SOLDIER AND TRIUMPHANT IN NATURE IN CHRIST JESUS, BUILT-UP TO WIN AND TRIUMPH DAILY AS SET AND ASSURED  

“But THANKS be to God, Who in Christ always LEADS us in TRIUMPH [as TROPHIES of Christ’s victory] and through us SPREADS and makes EVIDENT the FRAGRANCE of the knowledge of God EVERYWHERE, 15 For we are the SWEET FRAGRANCE of Christ [which exhales] unto God, [discernible alike] among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing” 2 Corinthians 2:14-15/Amplified Classic Edition. 

“When He had DISARMED the rulers and authorities [those supernatural forces of evil OPERATING AGAINST us], He made a PUBLIC example of them [exhibiting them as captives in His TRIUMPHAL PROCESSION], having TRIUMPHED OVER them through the cross” Colossians 2:14-15/Amplified. 

The Church of God, in Christ Jesus’ stead, though engaged in constant MILITANT-LIKE spiritual warfare, is also a TRIUMPHANT Church. 
Every warfare and battle defines, refines, refreshes, energises, rejuvenates, refires, and renews the Church; hence the Church is GLORIOUS in all, because its beauty is awesome despite satanic and cohorts’ efforts to fake, duplicate, pervert, and counterfeit these glorious attributes. 

Therefore, get engaged and don’t watch from the sidelines or grandstand, else you become victim and prey rather than victor. 
You are a WINNER in Christ Jesus’ stead any day and any way, everywhere, as long as you know and understand that you are equipped — being born of God and filled with His Spirit — to get engaged with the battles within and without. 
Ephesians 6:10-20 

The militant-like soldier — the Church of God in Christ Jesus’ stead — is at WAR with the FLESH within; and at WAR without, with the ENEMY and COHORTS that are against our FAITH in Christ Jesus; and at WAR with spiritual forces and PRINCIPALITIES and POWERS in heavenly and earthly places of doing life; and at WAR with man-made religious dogmas, denominational entanglements, doctrinal sectarian bonds, and traditional bye-laws and creeds in the name of God; and at WAR with many such like as may be identified by the Holy Spirit in the WORD of God as He leads the Church — you, local and universal. 
[2 Corinthians 10:3-6; Ephesians 6:10-20; Galatians 1:6-9; Jude 1:3-4; Philippians 1:15-18; Philippians 3:18-19; 1 Peter 5:8-10; Acts 8:10-25] 

And this WAR and WARFARE is about our FAITH in our Lord Jesus Christ. 
Hence Apostle Paul says we should FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH, indicating that some fights are uncalled-for, not good fights, not fights worth engaging in, and we should be aliens to them by every means. 

Suffice it to know that the ENEMY and COHORTS are not necessarily after your physical possessions and wellbeing in their engagement of WAR and WARFARE against you. 
They are actually using the things you think THEY ARE after as a distraction from the real deal. 
Their main target is your FAITH — to make you GIVE UP on your faith in God in Christ Jesus. 

Knowing that, as long as your steadfastness in God in Christ Jesus remains steady, you can ALWAYS recover all losses by winning and victorious FAITH, as Job did [1 John 5:3-5]. 
For Job recovered the more by taking the stand that the REDEEMER lives, in spite of all he went through with Satan and cohorts, friends, and wife against his stand in God — Job 19:25; Job 42:10-17.  

“FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses” 1 Timothy 6:12 

“Be SOBER, be VIGILANT (SMARTLY SENSITIVE, ALERT); because your ADVERSARY THE DEVIL, AS A ROARING LION, WALKETH ABOUT, SEEKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR: 9 whom RESIST STEDFAST IN THE FAITH, knowing that the same AFFLICTIONS are accomplished in your BRETHREN that are in THE WORLD. 10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you PERFECT, STABLISH, STRENGTHEN, SETTLE YOU. 11 To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen” 1 Peter 5:8-11;  

And because we ARE at war and warfare, it takes a spirited Militant-Like Soldier stand to win and triumph daily and always, as Apostle Paul admonished Timothy in the Holy Writ of 2 Timothy 2:1-5. 
And to be a Soldier of Christ under the heavenly, wherein our Saviour and Lord Jesus Christ is the Captain of the host of God’s unparalleled army on earth with the angelically assisted army, is a promise of full assurance of victory, triumph, overcoming, and such like. Joshua 5:13-15 
And this rare privilege to be a Militant-like Soldier is made possible by the grace of God, and that gives us in the earthly sphere the right to be His ambassadors and representatives in Christ Jesus’ stead — 2 Corinthians 5:17-21. 
And as such, there is no room for errors and perversions in our walk in His stead. We need to war lawfully and obediently, otherwise we will be court-martialled and declared “PERSONA NON GRATA” for woefully defiling and disobeying orders as expected. [2 Timothy 2:1-5; 2 Corinthians 10:3-6] 

Herein are some lessons to keep in mind as the UNPARALLELED ARMY — the Church of God in Christ Jesus’ stead — in order to avoid setbacks and set-ups, and to create a safety and security net that is WORTH doing to win in life and grace. 

To begin with, WHAT IS A CHURCH? 
A Church is you — an individual, the local, and the universal body of born-again Believers of God — on the WORD of God in Christ Jesus, filled with and led by the Holy Spirit, having under a Shepherd. 
The reason why this CHURCH definition is important in the context of the Scriptures is because there are many loose individuals and local Believers out there who belong to no Shepherd, or rather are not under any Shepherd for reckoning, and as such are unaccountable to any under God as the Scripture has enjoined — [Hebrews 13:16-17]. 
Such Believers are vulnerable, positioned in a state of vulnerability knowingly or unknowingly — which is a state of ignorance, foolishness, arrogance, and stupidity due to zealousness without knowledge and understanding in context and perception. 

For a while, my younger children have been watching a Netflix documentary programme called OUR PLANET. In the course of sitting with the children on a few occasions, I became curious about how the cat family — especially the Lion and Leopard — easily target their prey in order to feed and make a meal of them. 
Most of the time, I discovered they are always looking to target a stand-alone prey from the herd. And once identified, in their chase they can corner that vulnerable stand-alone, and their day’s meal is set and made readily ready. 
And it gives me a picture of how the ENEMY and COHORTS go about looking for that vulnerable stand-alone Believer in Christ Jesus — who is not keen to have a covering Shepherd over their head. They roam about as spiritual harlots, accountable to no one, and none can account on their behalf — Hebrews 13:16-17. 
These Believers that belong to no fellowship, or local assembly, or attend any gathering of God’s precious and redeemed people are exposed as lone soldiers for the enemy and cohorts to PREY upon in challenging and difficult times. 

DON’T BE A LONE MILITANT-LIKE SOLDIER, BELIEVER, AND MINISTER IN THE BODY OF CHRIST GOSPEL MINISTRY 
When you think that because you can read the Bible and pray to Father God in Christ Jesus, and speak in tongues of the Holy Spirit, you do not need interaction, communication, and fellowship with other Believers of the same Father — you are knowingly setting yourself up as a lone soldier. 
I have seen people who are so bound to their set denomination, doctrine, and sectarian setting that when they come to a new dwelling place and cannot find the same kind of local assembly they came from, they will not worship and serve God wholeheartedly in any new place of gathering. 
And some will immediately form their own gathering as if that is the only mark to worship and serve God worthily and acceptably and make heaven. 
And unfortunately, some Ministers are not in any way out of this hook, because they have so much indoctrinated people with denominational spirit rather than with the Gospel of the body ministry of Christ Jesus. As such, they use their opportunity to open up an extension of their denomination branch and immediately make such people Pastors overnight, even when the individuals know there is no call of God upon their life for such spiritual placement and position. Hence today there are all manner of confusion, schisms, perversion, and adulteration in the body ministry of the Gospel of Christ Jesus. 
And it is of such like that Apostle Paul warns Timothy not to suddenly lay hands on any man for a spiritual high office, to safeguard the body ministry — 1 Timothy 5:22. 

In my watching over natural national militant soldiers and interacting with a few to hear their respective storylines, one thing I have learnt and can conclude is that they never fight alone without team spirit and set back-ups, so that when there is an injury from the enemy and cohorts’ side, there is an immediate response to take their own out of the battle side, whether dead or alive, to preserve the honour, dignity, and integrity to SERVE as a soldier. 
Unfortunately, in Church life over the years, especially where ignorance, stupidity, foolishness, and schism exist, I have seen from the grandstand where fellow UNPARALLELED ARMY are abandoned and left for the enemy and cohorts to have a full feed day upon, in the name of punishment or sectarian reasons. 
Yet, the Commandant of the UNPARALLELED ARMY, our Lord Jesus, will not abandon and let His own be devoured, but will take them along as the good, Chief, and Great Shepherd of the sheep, to nurse His own and strengthen them so that they can recover speedily and live to fight another day, as David did against the Lion and the Bear that came for his father’s sheep he was shepherding — and he was able to keep the sheep safe, secure, and protected as the Scriptures recorded — 1 Samuel 17:34-37. 

You ARE a MILITANT-LIKE SOLDIER. 
You ARE THE UNPARALLELED ARMY. 
You ARE the CHURCH of God in Christ Jesus’ stead. 
Be wise to take your place and PUT OFF the civilian uniform and PUT ON the armour of who you ARE in God in Christ Jesus’ stead. 
Amen. Colossians 3:9-15; Ephesians 6:10-18  

BLESSED REGARDS IN THIS READ IN GOD’S BLESSEDNESS. AMEN. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest WAR A GOOD WARFARE; 19 HOLDING FAITH, AND A GOOD CONSCIENCE; which some having PUT AWAY CONCERNING FAITH have made shipwreck: 20 of whom is Hymenæus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme” 1 Timothy 1:18-20. 

“I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT, I have finished my course, I have KEPT THE FAITH: 8 henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing” 2 Timothy 4:7-8. 

“And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his SWORD DRAWN IN HIS HAND: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? 14 And he said, Nay; but as CAPTAIN OF THE HOST of the Lord am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant? 15 And THE CAPTAIN of the Lord’s host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so” Joshua 5:13-15. 

“Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. 16 Behold, I have CREATED the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an INSTRUMENT for his work; and I have CREATED the waster to destroy. 17 No WEAPON that is FORMED AGAINST thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise AGAINST thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the HERITAGE of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord” Isaiah 54:15-17. 

“And they OVERCAME him by the blood of the Lamb, and by THE WORD of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death” Revelation 12:11. 

“And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and THE GATES OF HELL SHALL NOT PREVAIL against it” Matthew 16:18. 

“Now thanks be unto God, which ALWAYS CAUSETH US TO TRIUMPH in Christ, and maketh MANIFEST the savour of his knowledge by us in EVERY PLACE” 2 Corinthians 2:14. 

“But thanks be to God, which GIVETH US THE VICTORY through our Lord Jesus Christ” 1 Corinthians 15:57. 

“Nay, in all these things WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS through him that loved us” Romans 8:37. 

“For whatsoever is born of God OVERCOMETH the world: and this is the victory that OVERCOMETH the world, even our FAITH. 5 Who is he that OVERCOMETH the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?” 1 John 5:4-5. 

“Ye ARE of God, little children, and have OVERCOME them: because GREATER is HE that is IN you, than he that is in the world. 5 They ARE of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. 6 We ARE of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of ERROR” 1 John 4:4-6. 

“It is true that I am an ordinary, weak human being, but I don’t use human plans and methods to WIN MY BATTLES. 4 I use God’s MIGHTY WEAPONS, NOT THOSE MADE BY MEN, to knock down the devil’s strongholds. 5 These WEAPONS can break down every proud argument against God and every wall that can be built to keep men from finding Him. With these WEAPONS I can capture rebels and bring them back to God and change them into men whose hearts’ desire is obedience to Christ. 6 I will use these weapons against every rebel who remains after I have first used them on you yourselves and you surrender to Christ” 2 Corinthians 10:3-6 (LB). 

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a NEW CREATION; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 18 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, 19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not IMPUTING their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the WORD OF RECONCILIATION. 20 Now then, WE ARE AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. 21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might BECOME THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN HIM” 2 Corinthians 5:17-21. 

“Finally, my brethren, be STRONG in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we WRESTLE NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD, but AGAINST principalities, AGAINST powers, AGAINST the rulers of the darkness of this world, AGAINST spiritual wickedness in high places. 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole ARMOUR of God, that ye may be able to WITHSTAND in the EVIL day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15 and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: 18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints . . .” Ephesians 6:10-20. 

SUMMARY: 
The message presents the Church of God as God’s UNPARALLELED ARMY — militant-like soldiers engaged in constant spiritual warfare, yet at the same time triumphant, glorious and victorious in Christ Jesus. 

1. BIBLICAL FOUNDATION FOR THE SOLDIER IDENTITY
   Drawn from 2 Timothy 2:1-5, every believer is called to: 

• Be STRONG in the grace that is in Christ Jesus 

• Endure hardness AS A GOOD SOLDIER 

• Not entangle with the affairs of this life in order to PLEASE Him who chose us 

• STRIVE LAWFULLY so we can be crowned 
  Other anchors: Ephesians 6:10-20 — put on the whole armour. 1 Peter 5:8-11 — be sober, vigilant, resist the devil steadfast in faith. 

2. THE NATURE OF THE WARFARE

This is not physical war. The Church is at WAR: 

Within — with the FLESH 

Without — with the ENEMY and COHORTS against our FAITH 

With spiritual forces, PRINCIPALITIES and POWERS 

With man-made religious dogmas, denominationalism, sectarian bonds, traditions 
The real target of the enemy is not your possessions. It is your FAITH — to make you GIVE UP on God. But like Job, victorious faith means you can ALWAYS recover all losses — Job 19:25; Job 42:10-17; 1 John 5:3-5. 

3. THE CHURCH’S TRIUMPHANT IDENTITY

Though in warfare, the Church is GLORIOUS and TRIUMPHANT. 

• Christ has already DISARMED rulers and authorities and TRIUMPHED OVER them — Colossians 2:14-15 

• God ALWAYS CAUSES US TO TRIUMPH in Christ — 2 Corinthians 2:14 

• We are MORE THAN CONQUERORS — Romans 8:37 

• The GATES OF HELL SHALL NOT PREVAIL — Matthew 16:18 
  Every battle defines, refines, energises and renews the Church. Satan’s attempts to fake and counterfeit cannot diminish her beauty. 

4. THE CALL: DON’T BE A LONE SOLDIER

A key warning: DON’T BE A LONE MILITANT-LIKE SOLDIER. 
Using the illustration from OUR PLANET, lions and leopards target stand-alone prey. In the same way the enemy looks for Believers with no covering Shepherd, no fellowship, no local assembly. 
Hebrews 13:16-17 is cited — we need to be accountable under a Shepherd. 
Problems highlighted: 

• Denominational bondage that prevents worshipping elsewhere 

• People forming their own gatherings without calling 

• Ministers making people Pastors overnight without God’s call — 1 Timothy 5:22 
  This creates confusion, schisms and perversion. 
  Like natural soldiers who fight with team spirit and back-ups, the Church must not abandon her own. Jesus as Commandant and Great Shepherd will nurse, strengthen and restore us to fight again — 1 Samuel 17:34-37.  

5. OUR PRIVILEGE AND RESPONSIBILITY

Because of grace, we have the right to be ambassadors and representatives of Christ — 2 Corinthians 5:17-21. 
Christ is the Captain of the host with an angelically assisted army — Joshua 5:13-15. 
Therefore we must war LAWFULLY and OBEDIENTLY, else we face spiritual “court-martial”. 

6. FINAL CHARGE

You ARE a MILITANT-LIKE SOLDIER. You ARE THE UNPARALLELED ARMY. You ARE the CHURCH. 
Put off the civilian uniform. PUT ON the armour of God. Be wise, be in fellowship, be under covering, and FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH — 1 Timothy 6:12. 

IN ONE SENTENCE: 
Because we are in a daily spiritual war, every believer must recognise they are part of God’s UNPARALLELED ARMY, fight lawfully and in community under Christ the Captain, guard their faith above all, and live as a triumphant, glorious Church that cannot be defeated. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

“YOU ARE OF GOD, little children, and have OVERCOME them, because GREATER is He that is IN you, than he that is in the World. 5 THEY ARE OF THE WORLD: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. 6 WE ARE OF GOD: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error” (1 John 4:4-6). 

Friend, the GREATER God lives in you. In Christ Jesus, YOU ARE MORE THAN your challenges and circumstances. Can I hear from you an assuring, ensuring and insuring Amen. If you believe it say it again and again until you are indeed assured and can ensure in your spirit being that you can and will do life in this stead in Christ Jesus. Amen. 

Therefore, as you step into this NEW DAY, may you not see it as ANOTHER DAY of the same which you’ve experienced with it’s overwhelming challenges and pain. I pray you see it as the DAWN of a NEW DAY, and you are in it to be a VOICE not an ECHO, to be an OVERCOMER, to LIVE and DO LIFE by it, in the realm of the Greater one that dwells in you to make it tangible and real good indeed. 

It’s my earnest PRAYERS, that, as you LIVE and DO LIFE through the Lord God THIS DAY, may the GREATER one that lives in you, makes you GREATER; and cause the ENABLING GRACE to authenticate you a VOICE and not an ECHO; and to speaks FORTH GRACIOUSNESSS and GRACEFULNESS into the wilderness of human depravation in your life and that of others; and for the HIGHER life and living, in the FULFILMENT of Isaiah 40:3-5 in this wise: 

• MOUNTAINS AND HILLS BECOMES PLAIN 

• VALLEY PLACES ARE FILLED/EXALTED 

• ROUGH PLACES BECOME SMOOTH 

• CROOKED PATHS BECOME STRAIGHT 

May this DAWN DAY awaken God’s glory in you — to live and do life HIGHER and GREATER than your expectations in Jesus’ BLESSED Name. 
Amen. 

May your GREATER LIFE be leveraged in His BLESSEDNESS and remain ensured, assured, and insured. 

May you BECOME the needed VOICE as you do life, to ENSURE and ASSURE your GREATER LIFE mandate in every way in God’s BLESSEDNESS, in Christ Jesus’ stead. 
Amen. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK! 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“And ALL bare him (Jesus) WITNESS, and wondered at the GRACIOUS WORDS which proceeded out of HIS MOUTH. And they said, Is not this Joseph’s son?” Luke 4:22 (Emphasis Mine). 

“YOU ARE OF GOD, little children, and have OVERCOME them, because GREATER is He that is IN you, than he that is in the World. 5 THEY ARE OF THE WORLD: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. 6 WE ARE OF GOD: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error” (1 John 4:4-6). 

“Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, TO THEM THAT HAVE OBTAINED LIKE PRECIOUS FAITH with us through the RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD AND OUR SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST: 2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, 3 according as his DIVINE POWER HATH GIVEN UNTO US ALL THINGS THAT PERTAIN UNTO LIFE AND GODLINESS, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: 4 whereby ARE GIVEN unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust” 2 Peter 1:1-4. 

“The VOICE of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a HIGHWAY for our God. 4 Every VALLEY shall be EXALTED, and every MOUNTAIN and HILL shall be made LOW: and the CROOKED shall be made STRAIGHT, and the ROUGH PLACES PLAIN: 5 and THE GLORY of the Lord shall be REVEALED, and all FLESH shall SEE it together: for the MOUTH of the Lord hath SPOKEN it” Isaiah 40:3-5. 
 
SUMMARY: 
This message is an identity, empowerment, and prophetic declaration rooted in Scripture. It calls the reader to rise above challenges by recognising who they are in Christ and the Greater God who lives in them. 

KEY POINTS: 

1. YOUR IDENTITY IN GOD

• You are OF GOD, not of the world. Because of that, you have already OVERCOME — “GREATER is He that is IN you, than he that is in the World” 1 John 4:4-6. 

• You are a partaker of His divine nature and have been given all things that pertain unto life and godliness through His divine power — 2 Peter 1:1-4. 

• Your default setting is to LIVE THE GREATER AND HIGHER LIFE in Christ Jesus. 

2. THE CALL TO BE A VOICE, NOT AN ECHO

• You are summoned to be an OVERCOMER and the needed VOICE in your generation. 

• The ENABLING GRACE of God authenticates you to speak FORTH GRACIOUSNESS and GRACEFULNESS into places of depravity, in your life and in others’. 

• The prayer is that your life becomes tangible proof of the Greater One dwelling in you. 

3. A PROPHETIC DECLARATION FOR THIS NEW DAY

• This is not to be seen as “ANOTHER DAY” of the same pain. It is the DAWN of a NEW DAY. 

• In this day, God’s glory is to be awakened in you to LIVE and DO LIFE HIGHER and GREATER than your expectations. 

• In fulfilment of Isaiah 40:3-5, obstacles are being levelled: 
  MOUNTAINS and HILLS BECOME PLAIN 
  VALLEYS ARE EXALTED AND FILLED 
  ROUGH PLACES BECOME SMOOTH 
  CROOKED PATHS BECOME STRAIGHT 
  — so that “THE GLORY of the Lord shall be REVEALED”. 

4. SCRIPTURAL ANCHORS FOR PONDERING – SELAH
   The message urges you to pause and meditate on:

• Luke 4:22: Jesus spoke GRACIOUS WORDS. You too are called to carry that grace. 

• 1 John 4:4-6: Your victory is because of the Greater One in you. You are of God, and the world will hear you. 

• 2 Peter 1:1-4: By His promises you escape worldly corruption and partake of the divine nature. 

• Isaiah 40:3-5: Prepare the way. Every obstacle will be made level for God’s glory to be revealed.  

5. THE BLESSING AND PRAYER

• May your GREATER LIFE be ensured, assured, and insured in God’s BLESSEDNESS. 

• May you ENSURE and ASSURE your GREATER LIFE mandate in every way, in Christ Jesus’ stead. 

• It closes with Amen and SELAH — PAUSE AND THINK, inviting reflection and agreement. 

IN ONE SENTENCE: 
This is a prophetic encouragement that because the GREATER God lives in you, you are more than your challenges, called to live a higher, greater, blessed life as a VOICE and OVERCOMER, with God levelling every mountain and valley before you this new day for His glory to be revealed. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

“If the AXE is DULL and he does NOT SHARPEN its edge, then he must EXERT more strength; but WISDOM [to SHARPEN the AXE] helps him SUCCEED [with LESS effort]” Ecclesiastes 10:10/Amplified 

Wisdom is PROFITABLE to DIRECT when one sharpens his life with knowledge. 
For godly wisdom is the application of godly knowledge. 
And godly knowledge is a consequence of godly INFORMATION — of being informed. 
When rightly applied with understanding of the context in question, it gives godly DIRECTION. 

For an informed, wise person makes informed, wise judgments and decisions. 
He feels no evil, imagines no evil, and thinks no evil in times of pressure and in judgment. 

“Who is as the WISE man? and who KNOWETH the interpretation of a thing? a man’s WISDOM maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed . . . 5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall FEEL NO EVIL thing: and a WISE man’s heart discerneth both TIME and JUDGMENT” Ecclesiastes 8:1, 5. 

Therefore, I want you to SELAH for some moments before proceeding further. 
For SELAH is to PAUSE AND THINK — probably over the header, the content, and the context as you read along. 

And godly wisdom — the application of godly knowledge — is the essence of grace and virtue in all that pertains to doing earthly life and living godly toward the heavenly cause, by God’s divine enabling nature and power for the believing one in Christ Jesus’ stead. 

So, pause and think as it is written: 

“Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: 2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE of God, and of Jesus our Lord, 3 according as his DIVINE POWER hath given unto us all things that pertain unto LIFE and GODLINESS, THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE of him that hath called us to GLORY and VIRTUE: 4 whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be PARTAKERS of the DIVINE NATURE, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust” 2 Peter 1:1-4. 

Know for sure and certain, that while there is a time to SOAR IN DOMINION, there is also a place of PASSION [ZEAL], KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING in life that is worth proper comprehension, in order to FULFILL PURPOSE meaningfully — in the wisdom of doing life and living godly in Christ Jesus’ stead. 

You need to have the perspective of each context respectively in order to apply your heart to the path of wisdom. 

For wisdom is the principal principle for your well-being, to ensure your God-given BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus’ stead is profitable, as it is written:  

“If the AXE is DULL and he does NOT SHARPEN its EDGE, then he must EXERT MORE STRENGTH; but WISDOM [to sharpen the axe] helps him SUCCEED [with less effort]” Ecclesiastes 10:10/Amplified. 

LET US CONSIDER THE CONTEXT OF – PASSION (ZEAL), KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING – IN THEIR RESPECTIVE RELATIVE PERSPECTIVE TO WISDOM: 

THE CONCEPT OF PASSION 
Passion, meaning Zeal, is a strong feeling — being intensely emotional about something. It is the vitality to our life PLAN, PURPOSE, and PURSUIT. 

However, mere passion — being passionate or zealous about something — is not enough to carry one through in life’s Plan, Purpose, and Pursuit. 
One needs KNOWLEDGE to enhance PASSION or ZEAL to a fruitful end. 

Our Lord Jesus Christ in humanity was full of COMPASSION [PASSIONATE] in all His ways of doing life to meet human needs. Matthew 15:32; Hebrews 5:1-10 
Although it is possible to be passionate about something without compassion, you cannot have compassion without being passionate to see the passion through. 

It therefore also means that being passionate about something with compassion — Career, Marriage, Relationship, Skill, Trade, Governance, Leadership, Ministry and more — can only be meaningful when there is added KNOWLEDGE to that desired PASSION. 

And this is simply why: 
“Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. 2 For I bear them record that they have a ZEAL [PASSION] of God, but not according to KNOWLEDGE. 3 For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. 4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth” Romans 10:1-4 (Emphasis Mine).  

THE CONCEPT OF KNOWLEDGE 
KNOWLEDGE is the information we feed into our being that defines our response to various matters in our doing life and living godly. 
And knowledge in context is not very much appreciated until you have experienced the effect of IGNORANCE — leading to stupidity and foolishness. 

It is very vital in our cause to life PLAN, PURPOSE, and PURSUIT to enhance one’s endeavours with the required or expected KNOWLEDGE for proficiency and for effectual and efficient results. 

One of the great High Priestly PRAYERS of Jesus Christ while in humanity was for us to KNOW the Father God — John 17:3. 
And He was so concerned about those that believe in Him to KNOW the TRUTH also — John 8:30-32. 
He equally challenged the religious sectarians and bigots of His days to KNOW the Scriptures in order for them to KNOW the power of God accordingly, otherwise they would keep living a mistaken and erroneous life — Matthew 22:29. 

It thus means that the KNOWING of the context of a thing is important to evade ignorance, stupidity, foolishness, and erroneous transmission of information. 

However, as good and important as KNOWLEDGE is, it is not enough to get stalled in knowledge. There is the need for UNDERSTANDING of that KNOWLEDGE in order to make it meaningful. 
For mere KNOWLEDGE without UNDERSTANDING puffs up — meaning it breeds PRIDE and ARROGANCE — and it is a dangerous place to be before God in all ramifications, because God resists the PROUD and ARROGANT in totality — James 4:5-7; Proverbs 15:25; Proverbs 16:5. 

Hence, to safeguard against pride and arrogance that a mere having of ONLY KNOWLEDGE can produce, be wise to add UNDERSTANDING to KNOWLEDGE, as in this scriptural admonition: 
“Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. KNOWLEDGE PUFFETH UP, but charity edifieth. 2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know. 3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him” 1 Corinthians 8:1-3 (Emphasis Mine).  

THE CONCEPT OF UNDERSTANDING 
The UNDERSTANDING of what you KNOW and are PASSIONATE about is the key to WISDOM for doing the life PLAN, PURPOSE, and PURSUIT. 

Until one UNDERSTANDS full well what one is KNOWLEDGEABLE and PASSIONATE about, there will be life struggle to attain a THRIVING, COLOURFUL, MEANINGFUL, and FULFILLING lifestyle in our cause of doing LIFE and GODLY LIVING in Christ Jesus’ stead. 

Our Lord Jesus had to ask two people He met on the way after His resurrection, as He walked with them, if they understood what they were discussing — even though they knew the scriptural context of what they were discussing on the road to Emmaus. 
And since they knew the context but did not understand the context, He then expounded the Scriptures to their understanding, and their spiritual eyes were illuminated and enlightened — Luke 24:1-27. 

Hence, there is the need to get UNDERSTANDING to help us make right decisions, which is wisdom — the bedrock and hallmark to living victoriously, as enjoined: 
“WISDOM is the principal thing; therefore GET wisdom: and with all thy GETTING GET UNDERSTANDING” Proverbs 4:7 (Emphasis Mine). 
 
IN SUMMARY: 
When you measure your passionate life as expected of you to have as a living being in any field of doing life with KNOWLEDGE — and you enhance that knowledge with UNDERSTANDING in context to the matter of life — there is no force on earth that can stop you in any endeavour, no matter how long it takes to deal with the circumstances in the context of time. 

Be wise to walk in WISDOM — PASSIONATE KNOWING [KNOWLEDGE] + UNDERSTANDING, for it makes you a winner, victor, overcomer, triumphant, and MORE THAN A CONQUEROR in the battlefield of life — any day, any time, and anywhere. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK! 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have COMPASSION on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way” Matthew 15:32 (Mark 8:2). 

“. . . 32 Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me: 33 shouldest not thou also have had COMPASSION on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee? 34 And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him . . .” Matthew 18:21-35. 

“As he spake these words, many BELIEVED on him. 31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which BELIEVED on him, If ye CONTINUE in my word, then are ye my DISCIPLES INDEED; 32 and ye shall KNOW THE TRUTH, and THE TRUTH shall make you FREE” John 8:30-32. 

“Who is as the WISE man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man’s WISDOM maketh his FACE to shine, and the BOLDNESS of his FACE shall be CHANGED” Ecclesiastes 8:1. 

“The man that WANDERETH out of the WAY of UNDERSTANDING shall remain in the CONGREGATION of the dead” Proverbs 21:16. 

“Good UNDERSTANDING giveth favour: but the way of TRANSGRESSORS is HARD (DIFFICULT, UNPRODUCTIVE)” Proverbs 13:15. 

“Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do ERR (ERROR, MISTAKEN), not KNOWING the scriptures, nor the POWER of God” Matthew 22:29. 

“My people are DESTROYED for LACK OF KNOWLEDGE: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children” Hosea 4:6. 

“Therefore my people are gone into CAPTIVITY, because they have NO KNOWLEDGE: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. 14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. 15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled” Isaiah 5:13-15. 

SUMMARY: 
This message is a teaching on the divine formula for fulfilling life purpose: WISDOM, which is the APPLICATION OF GODLY KNOWLEDGE through PASSION [ZEAL] and UNDERSTANDING. Without all three working together, life becomes dull, wasted effort, and vulnerable to ignorance, pride, and bondage. 

KEY POINTS 

1. WISDOM IS PROFITABLE TO DIRECT LIFE
   Wisdom sharpens the axe — “WISDOM [to SHARPEN the AXE] helps him SUCCEED [with LESS effort]” [Ecclesiastes 10:10]. 
   Godly Wisdom = The application of godly knowledge. 
   Godly Knowledge = A consequence of godly INFORMATION — being informed. 
   When applied with understanding, it gives godly DIRECTION. 
   Result of wisdom: A wise person makes informed judgments, feels no evil, and “discerneth both TIME and JUDGMENT” [Ecclesiastes 8:5]. His face shines with boldness [Ecclesiastes 8:1]. 
   Divine source: “His DIVINE POWER hath given unto us all things that pertain unto LIFE and GODLINESS, THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE of him” [2 Peter 1:2-3]. We become partakers of the divine nature through it. 
2. THE THREE PILLARS TO FULFILL PURPOSE
   You need all three in balance. One without the others leads to frustration. 
   
   THE CONCEPT OF PASSION [ZEAL]
   Definition: A strong, intense feeling. The vitality to life PLAN, PURPOSE, and PURSUIT. 
   Not enough alone: Mere zeal without knowledge leads to error. “They have a ZEAL of God, but not according to KNOWLEDGE” [Romans 10:2]. 
   Must have Compassion: Jesus was full of COMPASSION [PASSIONATE] to meet human needs [Matthew 15:32]. You can be passionate without compassion, but you cannot have compassion without passion. 
   Applies to all: Career, Marriage, Ministry, Leadership, Governance etc. Passion + Compassion must be enhanced by knowledge. 
   
   THE CONCEPT OF KNOWLEDGE
   Definition: The information we feed into our being that defines our response to life. 
   Why it matters: Ignorance leads to stupidity and foolishness. “My people are DESTROYED for LACK OF KNOWLEDGE” [Hosea 4:6]. “No KNOWLEDGE = CAPTIVITY” [Isaiah 5:13]. 
   Jesus emphasised it: Prayed we KNOW the Father [John 17:3], KNOW the Truth to be free [John 8:31-32], and KNOW the Scriptures and power of God [Matthew 22:29]. 
   Danger: Mere knowledge without understanding PUFFS UP — breeds PRIDE and ARROGANCE. “God resists the PROUD” [James 4:6]. “KNOWLEDGE PUFFETH UP, but charity edifieth” [1 Corinthians 8:1]. 
   
   THE CONCEPT OF UNDERSTANDING
   Definition: The ability to grasp what you know and are passionate about. It is the key to WISDOM. 
   Why it matters: Without understanding there is struggle. “The man that WANDERETH out of the WAY of UNDERSTANDING shall remain in the CONGREGATION of the dead” [Proverbs 21:16]. “Good UNDERSTANDING giveth favour” [Proverbs 13:15]. 
   Jesus modelled it: On the road to Emmaus, He expounded Scriptures so their understanding and spiritual eyes were enlightened [Luke 24:27]. 
   Command: “WISDOM is the principal thing; therefore GET wisdom: and with all thy GETTING GET UNDERSTANDING” [Proverbs 4:7].  

3. THE FORMULA FOR VICTORIOUS LIVING
   WISDOM = PASSIONATE KNOWING [KNOWLEDGE] + UNDERSTANDING
   When you apply this: 

1. You fulfill purpose meaningfully in Christ Jesus’ stead. 
2. You apply your heart to the path of wisdom for God-given BLESSEDNESS. 
3. You become a winner, victor, overcomer, triumphant, and MORE THAN A CONQUEROR in the battlefield of life.  

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS TO PONDER 

1. Compassion in Action: “I have COMPASSION on the multitude” [Matthew 15:32]. “Shouldest not thou also have had COMPASSION on thy fellowservant?” [Matthew 18:33] 
2. Knowledge brings Freedom: “ye shall KNOW THE TRUTH, and THE TRUTH shall make you FREE” [John 8:32] 
3. Consequences of No Knowledge: Destruction [Hosea 4:6], Captivity [Isaiah 5:13], Error [Matthew 22:29] 
4. Wisdom changes you: “a man’s WISDOM maketh his FACE to shine” [Ecclesiastes 8:1] 

CALL TO ACTION 

1. SHARPEN YOUR AXE WITH KNOWLEDGE — Be informed by God’s Word. Don’t live by zeal alone or by ignorance. 
2. ADD UNDERSTANDING TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE — Don’t get stalled in head knowledge. Ask God to give you insight so knowledge doesn’t puff you up. 
3. LET PASSION BE FUELED BY COMPASSION — Be zealous but let it be to meet needs and glorify God, not self. 
4. APPLY WISDOM DAILY — In every PLAN, PURPOSE, and PURSUIT, use PASSION + KNOWLEDGE + UNDERSTANDING to make decisions. This is how you “SOAR IN DOMINION” and fulfill purpose. 
5. GUARD YOUR HEART — Avoid pride, arrogance, and error. Walk in humility before God’s divine power. 

DECLARATION: 
WISDOM IS THE PRINCIPAL THING. 
GET WISDOM.  GET UNDERSTANDING. 
Walk in PASSIONATE KNOWING + UNDERSTANDING and you cannot be stopped.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI